Non-refillable bottle.



L. M. STEVENS.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 10. 1913.

1,096,764. Patented ay 12, 1914.

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NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 1 2, 1 914.

Application filed 111137 10, 1913. Serial No; 778,324.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LAWRENCE M. S'rnvmvs, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles; and 1 do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in bottles, and particularly to non-refillable bottles.

The principal object of the invention is to provide an attachment for a bottle neck which is arranged to be secured to the bot tle and locked thereto by means of a seal.

Another object is to provide a valved attachment for a bottle neck from which the liquid contents of the bottle may issue, but through which it will be impossible to force any liquid in an attempt to refill the bottle.

The intention of the device is to provide for the attachment of the same to a bottle by means of a Government seal, as in the case of bonded liquors, it being necessary to retain the seal intact as prool that the contents of the bottle are as represented. When the bottle is to be refilled by the proper authorities, the seal can be broken and the bottle filled in the manner of any ordinary bottle. After the bottle has been filled, the attachment is secured thereto and sealed.

Other objects will be apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings.

In the drawingsz-Figure 1 is an elevation of the neck portion of a bottle showing my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view showing the bottle in the position shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view showing the bottle inverted. Fig. 41 is a transverse section on the line 4t-4 of Fig. 1.

Referring ing drawings,

particularly to the accompany- 10 represents the neck of a bottle which is provided with the usual bead 11 around which my invention is particularly adapted to be clamped.

My invention comprises an elongated cylindrical member 12 made of any suitable material, as metal, celluloid, hard rubber or the like, the lower end of which is split as indicated at 13 and formed with an internal head at the lower end as indicated at 1 1:, this split end being arranged to our brace the neck oi the bottle and engaged with its bead under the bead oi the bottle neck. The opposite end oil. the cylindrical member 12 tapers as indicated at 15, and has secured in its apex the longitudinally extending perforated tube 16. In the lower portion of the cylindrical member 12 is a downwardly and inwardly tapering seat 17, the lower end of which has a rubber packing for engagement on the mouth of the bottle in which is arranged to be seated the conical lower end 18 ot' the movable valve member 19 slidably disposed within the cylinder 12. This member 19 has a plurality of openings 20 in the conical end portion, the apex of which is solid as indicated at 21, this solid portion when seated within the seat 17 forming an effective check to the inflow of any liquid thought to be placed in the bottle. The opposite end of the member 19 has a perforated disk 22 from the center of which projects a perforated tubular member 23 slidably disposed within the before mentioned member 16. The member 19 is hollow, the fluid from the bottle passing through the openings 20 into the said member and out through the openings in the disk 22 and through the tubular members 16 and 23.

Then the bottle is inverted, the n'ieinber 19 slides through the member 12 so that the apex 21 is moved from the seat 17, permitting fluid from the mouth 01 the bottle to flow around said apex and through the member 19 out of the end of the tube 16. Should any attempt be made to refill the bottle, the pressure of the liquid would. force the member 19 into the seat 17 and thus cllectively stop the inflow of liquid.

It is the intention, after the bottles have been filled and the invention applied to the mouth of the bottle, that some Government olticial place the Government seal on the clamp 21- which encircles and holds the lower end of the tubular member 12. Should the seal be broken when the contents is to be removed, it will be readily seen that the bottle has been tampered with, and it may be inferred that the bottle does not contain the original liquid, an interior grade having been placed therein.

lVhat is claimed is The combination with a bottle having a bead on the neck thereof, of a hollow tubular member split at the lower end and pro vided with a bead for embracing engagement with the neck of the bottle below the bead thereof, a tapering valve seat located within the lower portion of the cy l-indrical member, a hollow valve member slidably member, one end of the slidable member being conical, one portion of which is imperforate, and the remaining portion perforate, the opposite end of the valve member being disposed within the cylindrical.

LAWRENCE M. STEVENS.

Witnesses:

LALLA B. CRENsHAW, IRENE L. WALTON.

Copies of this patent may he obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Waahington, D. G. 

